ECG College activities

ECG College students enjoy a variety of activities to help them build skills, knowledge and personal development.

Students also plan and run activities and establish their own small businesses working in teams. This is a great way to learn valuable business, planning, production, marketing, and customer service skills.

Life-saving skills

Accredited First Aid training is offered as part of the Work Related Skills Unit.

Working in pairs students learn how to respond in an emergency, administer CPR on adults, infants and children, how to use a defibrillator and asthma and anaphylactic training.

Students can take the knowledge they gain from this training throughout their lives. It may also enhance their employability as many businesses value staff that have First Aid skills.

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VCAL - The Summit Challenge

ECG College VCAL students show their endurance in this video of their trip to The Summit Camp at Trafalgar.

Champion inspires

Champion kickboxer and trainer Peter Hatton worked with students at our Pakenham campus in 2015.

The three week program at Fighting Fit Gym at Pakenham focussed on general fitness and health, cross training and boxing techniques.

The sessions aimed to help students discover their strengths, develop skills, and learn the value of discipline and respect.

Hair and Beauty

Students studying Hair and Beauty as a VET in Schools subject have an opportunity to showcase their talent.

Community College Gippsland's Hair and Beauty School runs an annual Hair and Beauty competition towards the end of each year where VET in Schools students can participate.

This is a great way for students to demonstrate the skills they have learned and unleash their creativity. Students plan and design a look working on a real-live model and parade their design before a panel of judges.

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Brendan's animation

Brendan has been unleashing his creative side learning computer animation at our Pakenham campus.

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Students organise Youth Week in Leongatha

This is what students undertaking VCAL at our ECG College in Leongatha helped to organise - National Youth Week Activities in South Gippsland 2017.

Watch the video and see what they achieved.

The students were involved in the event from scratch - planning, organising stall holders, displays and entertainment with Salvocare Eastern. This is real life learning!

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'Not my vegetables' by Elizabeth

You can learn how to make your own anmations like Elizabeth has been doing at ECG College Pakenham.

Everybody loves a cubby

Students at Warragul and Pakenham enjoyed building a large mansion style cubby house.

They built the house from scratch, learning construction skills, how to use hand and power tools, and work in teams to complete the finished product.

The cubbies were then auctioned on eBay to raise money for student projects.

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VCAL - Turning bike parts into mooseheads

VCAL students at ECG College Leongatha are transforming bike seats and handlebars into these moosehead trophy boards.

Green thumbs

Students have built raised garden beds to grow fresh herbs and vegetables.

These projects combine real-life learning in numeracy, literacy, personal development and work related skills.

Students are involved in the design, material list, and building and construction of garden boxes. They also research and select suitable plants to grow.

Thanks to Bunnings at Warragul for donating materials and plants and supervising students with construction. We now have fresh herbs and vegies for our cooking.

Salon day at Pakenham

VCAL students at ECG College in Pakenham have been unleashing their creative talents running a salon and pamper day on campus.

Staff and students were treated to manicure and nail painting, make up, and hair styling as well as experimenting with henna body art. Henna is a natural plant dye that is used to create body art that is not permanent.

All students were involved in organising activities on the day including cooking a Mexican-inspired lunch and damper in the student built pizza oven.

A team pool competition, table tennis and a monopoly challenge were also run by students.

Scrumptious cakes

Scrumptious cakes and slices are offered throughout the year at regular stalls run by ECG College students.

These activities form part of Personal Development where students learn to coordinate events and work in teams to produce a product, promote it and sell it.

Money raised is donated to causes and charities of their choice.

Students fired up for pizza

VCAL Foundation students at Warragul have clocked up an achievement building their own pizza oven from scratch.

The pizza oven is part of the work-related skills unit where students plan a project from the initial concept, through to construction and completion.